In the wake of several incidents, actor Ezra Miller’s future at Warner Bros. Pictures appears to be in question according to a lengthy article at Rolling Stone (via The Playlist).
The piece claims that shortly after the “Fantastic Beasts” and “Justice League” actor’s recent arrest for “disorderly conduct and harassment” in Hawaii, Warner Bros. and DC executives held an emergency meeting on March 30th.
According to their source, the consensus during the meeting was to pause all future projects involving Miller, as well as any public appearances they may have had scheduled.
The piece, and another at Page Six, goes into a pattern of bizarre off-set antics involving Miller in recent years with Rolling Stone’s source indicating the actor also had “frequent meltdowns” during the making of “The Flash” but stressed those incidents were not violent or vocal, saying: “Ezra would get a thought in his head and say, ‘I don’t know what I’m doing.'”
How said ‘pause’ might impact “The Flash” is unclear. The project has already been filmed and is preparing for a June 2023 release. As Miller plays the film’s lead, the possibility of lengthy reshoots and/or recasting is likely too expensive even with the multiverse storyline opening up recasting possibilities. Miller will next be seen in “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” which opens next Friday in cinemas.
Warners is also busy with other matters right now as Discovery is cleaning house among the top executive ranks at WarnerMedia ahead of the two companies’ merger which is expected to happen on Friday. At least nine key executives are exiting according to Variety as Discovery CEO David Zaslav is set to take charge of the newly named joint company Warner Bros. Discovery.
Sources: Rolling Stone, Page Six, Hawaii News Now
